略りゃくりゃく○Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000じ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1noun, noun, used as a suffixabbreviation; omission; abridgmentCommonly used after or about a shortened form; also appears in fixed expressions such as 以下略 for omitted text.「スマホ」は「スマートフォン」の略りゃくです。Break this sentence down in the analyzer"Smaho" is an abbreviation of "smartphone."引いん用ようの後こう半はんは「以い下か略りゃく」とした。Break this sentence down in the analyzerThe latter half of the quotation was marked as omitted.2nounoutline; gist; summaryA concise account of the main points. As a standalone noun this is somewhat formal or written; 概略 and 概要 are often more ordinary in modern usage.ここでは事じ件けんの略りゃくだけを記しるす。Break this sentence down in the analyzerHere I will record only the outline of the incident.3nounstrategy; scheme; stratagemLiterary or old-fashioned as an independent noun for a plan or stratagem; modern Japanese more often uses 策略, 計略, or 作戦.将しょう軍ぐんは略りゃくをめぐらせて敵てきを退しりぞけた。Break this sentence down in the analyzerThe general devised a strategy and drove back the enemy.See all 128 example sentences ›Usage patterns〈言こと葉ば〉の略りゃくan abbreviation of ~; short for ~USBはユニバーサル・シリアル・バスの略りゃくだ。Break this sentence down in the analyzerUSB is short for Universal Serial Bus.Expressions前ぜん略りゃくdispensing with the preliminaries · omitting the previous part; abridging the foregoing略りゃく啓けいdispensing with the preliminaries; without further ado以い下か略りゃくrest omitted; and so on敬けい称しょう略りゃくtitles omitted; without honorifics略りゃくしてfor short; abbreviated as